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View From Above
by Rosally Saltsman

My son, may he live till 120, finds it difficult to understand how I always know what he's doing on the men's side of the shul, no matter what separates the men from the women -- curtains, heavy glass, a steep staircase or all of the above. This is because my son is so dear to me that I watch him from whatever vantage point affords itself to me and am able to catch him getting gelila, opening the aron kodesh, dancing with the Torah on Simchas Torah or self- consciously enjoying any other honor bestowed upon him.

Okay, sometimes I miss one, but my head is cocked for the slightest sound and my eyes are peeled whenever he moves from his place toward the bima. I am blessed with the acquaintance of many gabboim scattered among the shuls of the world, and so I am always confident that my son is being taken care of.

Now don't get me wrong. I do daven, too, but my prayers are always enhanced by the sight of my young ben Torah `doing his thing' in shul.

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We are all Hashem's dearest children. Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that we are always being watched by our devoted and doting Father in Heaven, Whose view is never obstructed by partitions and such. Hashem always has a clear view of all our actions and interactions and beams at us when we honor Him, the same way I beam at my son in shul. And in the same way that my son doesn't always see me peeking but has come to know that I'm looking on, so, too, must we never falter in our faith that Hashem is always watching our every move and is sending His gabboim to make sure that we're being taken care of.

We tend to place an emphasis on remembering that our every move is being watched and recorded and judged. But while we mustn't forget that, we should always bear in mind as well that our every move being watched also has the potential to bring joy to our Father in Heaven, Who radiates delight back down at us and guards us from His observation deck on high.

 

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